This week marks the 25th anniversary of the death of two IRA Volunteers
on hunger strike in Long Kesh jail.
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Joe McDonnell and Martin Hurson
Published July 12, 2006
An experiment in human despair
Jonathan Cook on the real reasons for Israel’s invasion of Gaza.
Published July 7, 2006
Observe the true amnesiacs marching towards the Somme
The first 26-County commemoration of the Battle of the Somme was held
in Dublin at the weekend, with representatives from all the major
political parties in the North in attendance.
Published July 2, 2006
The Framing of Michael McKevitt
The Framing of Michael McKevitt, a booklet written by Marcella Sands,
sister-in-law of Michael and sister of Bobby Sands, raises serious
questions about the activities of MI5 in Ireland, collusion by senior
Garda police and a judiciary swayed by political rather than legal
argument.
Published June 27, 2006
The text of Sinn Fein’s annual address over the grave
of Wolfe Tone at Bodenstown. County Kildare. It was delivered at the
weekend by north belfast representative Gerry Kelly.
Published June 22, 2006
‘The Wind That Shakes The Barley’
There is a very simple yet powerful and time honoured message in Ken
Loach’s new film about the Irish people’s struggle for independence.
Published June 22, 2006
Rural decline is a national crisis
The following is the full text of the Michael Davitt Centenary Lecture,
given by Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams in Castlebar, County Mayo on
Thursday.
Published June 17, 2006
Hunger strike deal didn’t exist
Richard O'Rawe's own words show clearly there was no deal during the 1981 hunger strike.
Published June 11, 2006
Memorial for an island at peace
Long Kesh is a place apart. Inside and outside its walls it generated
great pain, loss and heroism.
Published June 6, 2006
Out of the H-blocks came determination
The hunger strike changed the nationalist community forever.
Published May 30, 2006
Raymond McCreesh and Patsy O’Hara
This week marked the anniversary of the deaths of the third and
fourth of the 1981 hunger strikers to die, Raymond McCreesh and Patsy
O'Hara.
Published May 27, 2006
Ian Paisley will be conscious of the irony involved in Sinn Fein
going to Stormont to have him elected as First Minister.
Published May 23, 2006
Bombing victims’ relatives need answers now
Today is a day many people recall with feelings of sadness and anger
as well as a strong desire for the truth.
Published May 17, 2006
Francis Hughes - a fearless soldier
Twenty five years ago on Friday, Francis Hughes, one of the most fearless
and courageous IRA Volunteers to emerge out of the current phase in the
Republican Struggle, lost his life after 59 days on Hunger Strike in
Long Kesh.
Published May 13, 2006
Action alerts on behalf the mcAllister family and the Rossport Five
Published May 8, 2006
Bobby Sands died 25 years ago today, the first of ten to die while on
hunger strike against the British policy of criminalising the
republican struggle. It is a day of mourning for all Irish republicans.
Published May 5, 2006
The victims group An Fhirinne is appealing to the families of people who
were victims of British state killings or collusion to help complete its database.
Published May 3, 2006
May 2006 marks the centenary of the death of Michael Davitt,
nationalist, trade unionist, agrarian agitator and founder of the
National Land League.
Published April 28, 2006
Gerry Kelly spoke on Sunday
at the annual Crossbarry commemoration, remembering the British Army
operation of 1921 which set out to eliminate Tom Barry’s famous Third
West Cork Flying column.
Published April 24, 2006
We shall benefit from the work Siobhan O'Hanlon did in her life - in the freedom
struggle, in the peace process, in the bridges she built.
Published April 21, 2006
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